Synthesis of 9-amino(9-deoxy)epi cinchona alkaloids, general chiral organocatalysts for the stereoselective functionalization of carbonyl compounds

Nature Protocols

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 325-344

  Cassani, Carlo ^a   Martín Rapún, Rafael ^a   Arceo, Elena ^a   Bravo, Fernando ^a   Melchiorre, Paolo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH OF CATALONIA ICIQ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

9 AMINO (9 DEOXY)EPICINCHONA ALKALOID; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CINCHONA ALKALOID; HYDROQUININE; QUINIDINE; QUININE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHIRALITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HYDROGENATION; HYDROLYSIS; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PURIFICATION; REDUCTION KINETICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, SYNTHETIC; CINCHONA ALKALOIDS; HYDROGENATION; HYDROLYSIS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; QUINIDINE; QUININE;

EID: 84873342799     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2012.155     Document Type: Article

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